Doctors say frequent yawning can indicate deeper health issues. If you’re a chronic, compulsive yawner then don’t ignore it ...

Dr. Anastasia Agaeva indicates that many believe that yawning is due to a lack of oxygen in the body. How true is this belief ...

A new study suggests that for people treating depression with common medications, the frequency of their yawning might track with how well they are healing. Published in the Journal of Psychiatric ...

Ever noticed how one yawn can trigger many? Science reveals how your brain copies others, why yawns spread so easily, and ...

Scientists say they’ve found an infection more likely to strike women than men: the yawn. Many of us have felt that irresistible urge to yawn after seeing a colleague or buddy yawn. Though the reasons ...

From a baby to an adult, and even animals, yawning is one of those things that most of us do multiple times a day, especially ...

Humans aren't alone when it comes to yawning — all vertebrates do it too, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. But why? The "evolutionarily ancient" act of yawning likely serves a ...

I read recently an explanation for yawning that is plainly wrong. The same idea has surfaced regularly over the years. Any idea, good or bad, is hard to kill. Yawning by this account is performed in ...

Let's start at the beginning. Who yawns? Everybody. Not just people, but cats, dogs and fish do, too! What is a yawn? It is an involuntary action during which you open your mouth and breathe deeply ...